Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter

Movie ★ 6.1/10 1982 60 min Released HD · 4K
Documentary

A documentary overview of the career of silent cinema pioneer Edwin S. Porter.

Rating
6.1/10
8 votes
Runtime
60 min
Theatrical cut
Released
1982
Released
Language
EN
Before the Nickelodeon: The Cinema of Edwin S. Porter
Director
Charles Musser

Cast

Blanche Sweet
Blanche Sweet
Narrator (voice)
 D. A. Pennebaker
D. A. Pennebaker
Reader - Film as a Visual Newspaper (voice)
 Miloš Forman
Miloš Forman
Reader - The Biddle Brothers (voice)
 Louis Malle
Louis Malle
Reader - Melies Catalogue (voice)
 Robert Altman
Robert Altman
Reader - 'Jack And The Beanstalk' Promo (voice)
 Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
 Edwin S. Porter
Edwin S. Porter
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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